Essex-raised, Berlin-based singer and songwriter Gemma Ray has announced her new album Psychogeology for release on February 15th 2019 via Bronzerat.
About the new album Ray says that is “an ode to the majesty of landscape, the enormity of nature and time, and the inevitability of every human life eventually forming a minuscule part of further landscapes.”
Listen below to the first glimpse of new album, “Blossom Crawls”.
Her eighth album was recorded in part at Ray’s own studio in Berlin’s old mint by the River Spree, but mainly by Ingo Krauss at Candy Bomber, buried deep within the Nazi-constructed buildings of the city’s former airport, Tempelhof.
Ray concludes confidingly, “making a record is always in the end about celebrating my personal downsides or weaknesses and turning them into something that brings me joy, but hopefully speaks to others. Much of this one was written while reflecting during relentless touring and road trips, and these songs are devoted to the connection between emotion and landscape, how they mirror each other and feed off one another, as well as how this association inspires memories of loved ones.”
Psychogeology tracklist and artwork:
1. Blossom Crawls
2. Death Tapes
3. It’s Only Loneliness
4. In Colour
5. Flood Plains
6. Psychogeology
7. Land of Make Believe
8. Dreaming is Easy
9. Roll On River
10. Summer Comes
11. Killbite (Bonus)